Charley is a student with autism. Her teacher asks, "Do you have a pet?" Charley replies, "Do you have a pet?" This speech deficit in children with autism is known as a) echolalia
Step-by-step explanation:
The speech deficit of echolalia is very common in autistic children and occurs due to the incapacity of the autistic child to understand the behavioral meaning in the subtext of the conversation that is happening.
The child understands that the teacher wants him to repeat the sentence he just said without understanding the context of the question and unsure what he meant so he simply repeats what he heard verbatim to complete the conversation from his side.